Aerial toy



July 18,1933. 7 w. A, MARTIN 1,918,413

AERIAL TOY Filed April 15 1932 l7 INVENTOR.

/0 BY MALTE/z A. MART/1v ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 18, 19 33 v, UNITED STATES PATENT'TOFFFICEI ALTE A.MARTINLOF LA cnEsoEN'rA, CALIFORNIA y CTAERIAL to:

Appneatiqn filed-April: 13,

This invention relates to and ha's'for a pur pose the pro'vision of asimple and inexpensive toy which in one of its many aspects simulates anairplane of the heavier-than-air type intended tobe attached to a movingele:

ment, such as an automobile, andwhich in its application tothe radiatorcap of the'vehicle provides an attractive ornament there-i for, andresponds to forward motion of the vehiele,'by rising to and maintaininga 'flying position under the action of the aircur rents thus induced. IIt is a further purpose of the invention to provide an aerial toyinwhich the am plane or other object which is simulated is mounted on ahorizontal axis for movement throughout a complete circular path, the,

plane of which isjparallel to the direction of forward motion of thevehicle to which the toy is attached, to the end that when the .ve I

hicle is'at rest, the airplane will be suspended in an inverted positionunder the action of gravity and will swing upwardly to an upright flyingposition in response to the action of the air currents against liftingsurfaces of the airplane, induced by the motion of the vehicle.

One form of the invention will now be de scribed, and the novelfeaturesthereof then pointed out in claims. y 7

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view showing in sideelevation the aerial toy attached to the radiator cap of an automobile,and illustrating the tomobile is at rest;

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but

illustrating the position occupied by the toy horizontal sectional viewtaken on the'line 44 of Figure 1 and look ingin the direction of thearrows.

-wherein correspondingreference characters designate the same parts ineach of the several views, this invention in its present em bodimentcomprises a supporter-bracket S constructed of relatively heavy wire topromobile;

position that the toy occupies when the au Referring specifically to thedrawing,l

the automobile.

The portion 10 is-constructed to provide .two arcuate clamping'members12 and 13, one

of which isseparable from the other 'and is detachably connectedtheretoat diametrical ly opposed points by bolts 14 passing through eyes 15.formed on the members.

Nuts arethrea-ded on the bolts 14 for coaction therewith in clamping thesupport'to, the filling spout 17 of'an automobile radiator 18immediately'beneath the cap 19 oflthe radiator, so asto leave'the capfree'to'be ap" plied and removedfrom the spout as'de'sired'." With thesupport thus applied, its portion 11 occupies an upright position, andit is to benoted that the porti'on'll is laterally offset as indicatedat 20, in a direction transversely of the, automobile to which thesup-.1 port is attached. 1 The lateral offset is substantially C-shapedas viewed in the front elevation of Figure 3, and terminates at itsupper end in'a horizontally disposed pivot' pin 21, thelongitudinal axisof which ex- 2 tends transversely of the length of the auto- The pin 21providesa' pivotal mounting for the miniature airplane A or otherobject, and to this end, a rigid member or arm 22 in'the form of alength of stiff wire is coiled at one end tofform a sleeve 23 freelyreceiving'the pin, which latter has its free end bent later- 5 ally toprevent axial displacement of the sleeve fromthe pin. The opposite endof the .arm 22 is rigidly secured by staples 24 to the fuselage 25 ofthe airplane,and it is to be noted tha-tthe lateral offset 20 of theportion 11 of the support S is suflicient to enable the wings 26-of theairplane to clear the portion 11,-and thus render the airplane free totravela complete revolution about the axis of the pin 21. As this pathof movement is parallel to the direction of forward motion of theautomobile,-the airplane will be acted upon by the air currents inducedby suchmotion of y tained in a level position by the induced air Figure'2, the air currents thus induced will act upon the wings 26 to swing theairplane upwardly to and maintain it in the fiyingposition 'shown inthis figureand in full lines in Figure 3.7 The airplane will thus bemaincurrents, and will be confined by the rigid arms 22 and pin-21, totravel in a circular path from the inverted position to flying positionin response to forward motion of the vehicle WVhen movement of thevehicle ceases,-the airplane will gravitate to inverted position,wherein it will remain until'forward motion of the vehicle is againinitiated.

What, 1s clalmed 1s :1

,1. An aerial toy comprising: a support adapted to be secured tov avehicle; a toy object; and'meaus for mounting said object on the supportfor rotary movement 1n a .completecircula-r path about a horlzontal axisextending transversely of the direction of tion .belowsaid axis when thevehicle is at rest; the object having alifting surface responsive to aircurrents induced by forward motion of the vehicle, to swing the objectfrom said inverted position upwardly to a' flying position above saidaxis.

2. An aerial toy comprising} a having wings; a support; a rigid armsecured to said objectand rotatably-mounted on the support about a fixedaxis; and means for port having a lateral offset therein to enable saidobject to travel in a complete circular toy object 1 the vehiclesforward motion so that the ob I ject will be suspended in an invertedposi-' securing the support on a Vehicle; the suppath and to occupy aninverted position below said axis when the vehicle isat rest, formovement of the object to a flying position above said axis by theaction of induced air currents against the wings of the object when tlievehicle is in motion. j

3. An aerial toy comprising: a toy object; a sup port'; meanslformounting said object on the support for rotational movement in acomplete circular path; means for securing the support to a, vehicle tosuspend the object in a lowered position when the vehicle is at rest;and means fresponsiv'eto the action of air currents induced by motion ofthe vehicle,'to.1nove the object to a raised position.

WALTER A. MARTIN.

